posted 09-30-2009 05:43 PM
I have had the honour to meet with Porvatkin in Star City on a couple of occasions. He was a modest man who sadly missed out on a flight as the Almaz program was reduced and cancelled. The story of men like him has been lost but I hope we will in the future to record his contribution to the Soviet program.

He will be buried next to his wife in Star City.

Like many in the Soviet program a career not completed without a flight.

Rest in Peace.Rex

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posted 10-01-2009 11:52 PM
These cosmonaut passings aren't any easier to take than our own American hero's passings.